#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # The frayed ends of sanity Performed by Metallica Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett. Words by James Hetfield From the album "...and justice for all" (1988) Transcribed by Ludvig Forssblad - Niemistoe Custom Guitartech AB - Niemistoe Productions AB The rhythm is not correct, you'll have to listen to the tune to figure it out Intro: e-|----------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------| G-|----------5---------------4-------| D-|-2--------5-------2-------4-------| A-|-2--------3-------2-------2-------| E-|-0----------------0---------------| Riff 1 Repeat 6 times P.M..| e-|----------------------------------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------------------------------| G-|-----3----------3---------------3-----------3-------------| D-|-2---3---2------3---2-------2---3---2-------3---2---------| A-|-2---1---2------1---2-------2---1---2-------1---2---------| E-|-0-------0--X-X-----0---X-X-0-------0---X-X-----0---0-0-0-| Main riff: P.M.| |.| | |.| e-|----------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------| G-|---------3--------3---------------| D-|-2-------3--------3-----4-------3| A-|-2-------1--------1-----4-------3| E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----0-2---0-0-1| Add 1: P.M.| |.| e-|--------------------------------| B-|--------------------------------| G-|---------3--------3-------3-3-3-| D-|-2-------3--------3-------3-3-3-| A-|-2-------1--------1-------1-1-1-| E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0---------------| Add 2: P.M.| |.| e-|----------------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------------| G-|---------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-| D-|-2-------3--------3------3-3------3-3-3-| A-|-2-------1--------1----X-1-1------1-1-1-| E-|-0-0-0-0------0-0-----------------------| Verse 1: P.M |.| |.| |.| |.| e-|------------------------------------------- B-|------------------------------------------- G-|------------------------------------------- D-|-2-------2--------------------------------- A-|-2-------2-------7-------7-------7-------7- E-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-6---0-0-6---0-0-5---0-0-5- |.| |.| --------------------| --------------------| --------------------| --------------------| -----7--------------| -0-0-4---0-0-2br2br-| Verse 2: e-|---------------| B-|---------------| G-|-4---3---2-----| D-|-4---3---2---6-| A-|-2---1---0---6-| E-|-------------4-| Prechorus (very drunken rhythm): P.M |.| |.| |.| e-|------------------------------------------------- B-|------------------------------------------------- G-|------------------------------------------------- D-|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8- A-|------5/5-7--------5/5-7-------5-5-------5-6-7-8- E-|-0-0--3/3-5----0-0-3/3-5---0-0-3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6- |.| |.| |.| |.| ------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------| ------5/5-7-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-| ------5/5-5-------5-5-2-------5-5-------5-6-7-8-| --0-0-3/3-5---0-0/3-3-0---0-0/3-3---0-0-3-4-5-6-| Chorus: P.M P.M e-|------------------------------------------------------ B-|------------------------------------------------------ G-|------------------------------4----------------------- D-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5- A-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5- E-|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3- P.M P.M..| |...........| ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------| --------------------9------7----------5-6-7-8---------| -----4------5-6-7-8-9------7--5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-| -----4------5-6-7-8-7------5--5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-| -----2------3-4-5-6-0---------3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-| Riff 2a(rhythm guitar plays B5): P.M.| |.....| e-|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------| D-|-2h4p2---------------------------| A-|---------5-4-2-2h4p2---------2-5-| E-|---------------------5-3-2-5-----| Riff 3a(rhythm guitar plays C#5): P.M.| |.....| e-|----------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------| G-|----------------------------------| D-|-----4h6p-------------------------| A-|-4--------7-6-4-4h6p4---------4-7-| E-|----------------------7-5-4-7-----| Add 3: e-|--------| B-|--------| G-|--------| D-|--4---4-| A-|--2---2-| E-|--------| Riff 2b(rhythm guitar plays B5): P.M.| |.....| e-|-----------------------------------| B-|-----------------------------------| G-|-----2h4p2-------------------------| D-|-0---2h4p2-4-2-0-0h2p0---------0h4-| A-|-2---------5-4-2-2h4p2-4-2-0-4-2h5-| E-|-----------------------5-3-2-5-----| Riff 3b(rhythm guitar plays C#5): P.M.| |.....| e-|-----------------------------------| B-|-----------------------------------| G-|-----4h6p4-------------------------| D-|-2---4h6p4-6-4-3-2h4p2---------2h6-| A-|-4---------7-6-4-4h6p4-6-4-2-6-4h7-| E-|-----------------------7-5-4-7-----| Riff 4: D5 D#5 P.M.| |...| |...| e-|------------------------------------------------- B-|------------------------------------------------- G-|-----5h7p5-----------5h7p5-----------6h8p6------- D-|-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-7---5h7p5-7-5-3-8---6h8p6-8-6-4- A-|-5---------8-7-5-5---------8-7-5-6---------9-8-6- E-|------------------------------------------------- |....| ------------------| ------------------| ------6h8p6-------| --8---6h8p6-------| --6---------9-8-6-| ------------------| Riff 5: E5 P.M.......| e-|---------------------------------------------- B-|-8---7h8p7---8---7h8p7---8p7---7h8p7---------- G-|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---9------ D-|-9---7h9p7---9---7h9p7---9p7---7h9p7---10-7-5- A-|---------------------------------------10-7-5- E-|------------------------------------------9-7- |...........| -------------------------------| -------------------------------| --4h5p4-----------------4-7-9--| --5h7p5-7--5-4---4-7----5-7-9--| --7h9p7-9--7-5---5-9----7-9-10-| --------10-8-7---7-10----------| Riff 6: P.M.....| |.....| |.....| e-|----------------------------------------------- B-|----------------------------------------------- G-|----------------------------------------------- D-|----------------------------------------------- A-|-------------7p5h7---------7p5h7---------7p5h7- E-|-0---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0--------- |..| |..| |...| |...| |...| ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------7p5h7---------7p5h7------- --0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0- |..| |.| --------------------------| --------------------------| --------------------------| --------------------------| --7p5h7-----6-------5p0---| --------7-7-----6-6-----3-| Add 4 e-|-----------------------------| B-|-----------------------------| G-|-----------------------------| D-|-5p4h5------5p4h5------5p4h5-| A-|-----------------------------| E-|-----------------------------| Add 5 e-|-----------------------------| B-|-----------------------------| G-|-----------------------------| D-|-9p7h9------9p7h9------9p7h9-| A-|-----------------------------| E-|-----------------------------| Add 6 e-|--------------------------------------| B-|--------------------------------------| G-|--------------------------------------| D-|-14p12h14------14p12h14------14p12h14-| A-|--------------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------------| Solo: I got this somewhere, it's anything but complete. I can't play the damn thing anyway. e-|------|-t14p10p7---t14p10p7---t14---(14)p10p7---t14p10p7- B-|---//-|-------------------------------------------------- G-|-5//--|-------------------------------------------------- D-|-7/---|-------------------------------------------------- A-|------|-------------------------------------------------- E-|------|-------------------------------------------------- -t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7---t14/15p10p7h(10)--t17p10p7-- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -t14/15p10p7---t14t14p10p7---t14/15p10p7-t14-t14p10p7-- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7---t14p10p7---t15p10p7-- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- -t14p10p7---t15p10p7---5----------------------------------- -----------------------5---h2---(2)/---17b///full///- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- -----------//full//----------------14---17p14-------14-- -17b---17b/---------------(17)------17--------------17------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- -17p14---17p14---17b---14------------------------------- ----------------------------16---14---16p14-----14-16b-- ----------------------------------------------16-------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ----------17p14------------------------------------------- -14-17p14-------17p14-------14h17p14---------------------- ----------------------17b------------16---14------14-16b-- ---------------------------------------------16----------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -14-14h17p14---------14-17p14---14-17p14----14h17p14----- ---------------17b------------17---------16----------16-- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------| -14h17p-14----14h17p14-| -----------16----------| -----------------------| -----------------------| -----------------------| I haven't got more than this, maybe it's totally wrong, I haven't played more than the beginning, that part sounds quite good. The rhythm guitar plays very weird and unfinished lines, the rhythm varies between 4/4, 3/4 and 5/4: P.M......| e-|----------------| B-|----------------| G-|-------------3--| D-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3--| A-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1--| E-|----------------| P.M...................| P.M. P.M. e-||----------------------------------------- B-||*---------------------------------------- G-||----------------------------------------- D-||----------------------------------------- A-||*---------------------------------------- E-||-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0- P.M............| |.| |..................| ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0- | | | | | P.M...........| ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------8------------------------- ---------7-0-6-------8------------------------- -7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7- P.M....................| |.| |............. --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------4-------3----------------- -2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2- Play twice ..| |.| |.................| |-| ----------------------------------------------|| ---------------------------------------------*|| ----------------------------------------------|| ----------------------------------------------|| -----4-------3-----------------------4-------*|| -2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2--|| P.M...................| |.| |.............| e-|--------------------------------------------------- B-|--------------------------------------------------- G-|--------------------------------------------------- D-|--------------------------------------------------- A-|--------------------------------------------------- E-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0- P.M |.| |.................| |.| --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- -0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0- P.M...................| |.| |............| --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------4-------3----------------- -2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2- P.M |.| |.................| |.| --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- -----4-------3-----------------------4------- -2-2-----2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-----2-2- P.M...................| |.| |...........| --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0- --------------------------------------------------- P.M |.| |..................| ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -----7-------6----------------------- -0-0-----0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0- ------------------------------------- | | | | | |.............| |.| ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------8-------------------------------- ---------7-0-6-------8-------------------------------- -7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-6------0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6- ------------------------------------------------------ P.M...............| |.| |.................| ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- -0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---0-0-6---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0- ----------------------------------------------------- | | | | | |........| -------------------------------------| -------------------------------------| ---------------------9---------------| ---------7-0-6-------9---9-9-9-9-9-9-| -7-0-6-0-------0-7-0-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-| -------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-| That was the solo stuff Riff 7: P.M | |.| | |......| e-|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------| D-|-5-----7---9-----5---7-9---------| A-|-7-----5---7-----7---5-7---------| E-|---0-0---0---0-0---0-----0-0-0-0-| Riff 9: P.M..| |......| e-|-------------------------------------| B-|-8---7h8p7---------------------------| G-|-9---7h9p7-7--6-4-4-6-4----------4h6-| D-|-9---7h9p7-9--7-5-5h7p5-7--5-4-7-5h7-| A-|-----------10-9-7-7h9p7-9--7-5-9-7h9-| E-|------------------------10-8-7-10----| Add 7 e-|----------------------| B-|----------------------| G-|-3---3------3---3---3-| D-|-3---3------3---3---3-| A-|-1---1------1---1---1-| E-|----------------------| Chorus 2: P.M P.M e-|------------------------------------------------------ B-|------------------------------------------------------ G-|------------------------------4----------------------- D-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------5- A-|-2------4------5-6-7-8-2------2------5-6-7-8-2------5- E-|-0------2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0------3- P.M |.....| ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------9------7--------------9------7-- -----4------5-6-7-8-9------7------5-6-7-8-9------7-- -----4------5-6-7-8-7------5------5-6-7-8-7------5-- -----2------3-4-5-6-0-------------3-4-5-6-0--------- P.M...| |............| -------------------------| -------------------------| ---------5-6-7-8---------| -5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-5-6-7-8-| -5-6-7-8-3-4-5-6-5-6-7-8-| -3-4-5-6---------3-4-5-6-| Riff 8: P.M.| |.| | |-| |.| | e-|------------------------------------------------------ B-|------------------------------------------------------ G-|---------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3------- D-|-2-------3-------3-----3-3---3---3-----3------3----4-- A-|-2-------1-------1---1-1-1---1---1-----1------1----4-- E-|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-------------------0-0----0-0----0-2-- |..| --------| --------| --------| -----3-| -----3-| -0-0-1-| Riff 9: P.M...................| e-|---------------------------------| B-|---------------------------------| G-|---------------------------------| D-|-2-------------------------3-3-3-| A-|-2-------------------------1-1-1-| E-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------| End: e-|-----------------| B-|-----------------| G-|-9---------------| D-|-9------------2-| A-|-7------------2-| E-|-0-------------| That's the riffs, fellas. I'm sure I've forgotten some part somewhere but...anyway, the following is a list of when to play them: Intro x1 Riff 1 x6 Main riff x3 Add 1 x1 (drums enter) Main riff x3 Add 1 x1 Main riff x1 Add 2 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 1 x1 Main riff x2 Verse 1 x2 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x2 Prechorus x1 Chorus 1 x1 Main riff x3 Add 2 x1 Verse 1 x1 Main riff x2 Verse 1 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x2 Prechorus x1 Chorus 1 x1 Main riff x4 Riff 2a x4 Riff 3a x2 Riff 2a x2 Add 3 x1 Riff 2b x2 Riff 3b x2 Riff 4 x1 Riff 5 x1 Drumsolo Riff 6 x2 Riff 6 x1 with add 4 Riff 6 x0,5 with add 5 Riff 6 x0,5 with add 6 Guitarsolo Riff 7 x4 Add 3 x1 Riff 2a x2 Riff 11 x1 Riff 7 x4 Add 3 x1 Riff 11 x2 Riff 2a x1 Add 3 x1 Riff 2a x1 Add 3 x1 Add 7 x1 Main riff x3 Add 2 x1 Verse 1 x1 Main riff x2 Verse 1 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x1 Verse 2 x1 Main riff x2 Prechorus x1 Chorus 2 x1 Main riff x3 Add 2 x1 Main riff x3 Riff 8 x1 Main riff x2 Riff 9 x1 Riff 7 x5 End Phew, that was a tough one! How can they remember all this parts? Here is the lyrics: Verse 1: Never hunger, never prosper I have fallen prey to failure Struggle within, triggered again Now the candle burns at both ends Verse 2: Twisting under schizophrenia Falling deep into dementia Chorus 1: Old habits reappear Fighting the fear of fear Growing conspiracy Everyone's after me (last time: Myself is after me) Frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling me Verse 1: Birth of terror, death of much more I'm the slave of fear, my captor Never warnings, spreading it's wings As I wait for the horror she brings Verse 2: Loss of interest, question, wonder Waves of fear they pull me under Chorus Verse 1: Into ruin, I am sinking Hostage of this nameless feeling Hell is set free, flooded I'll be Feel the undertow inside me Verse 2: Height, hell, time, haste, terror, tension Life, death, want, waste, mass depression Chorus That's it lads! Mail corrections and stuff like that to: Niemistoe_AB@hotmail.com